Win a Chance to Open for Jake!

February 16, 2012

Are you ready for a little YouTube fame that’ll get you onstage to open for ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro? Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is currently hosting a contest where fans can compete for a chance to open for Jake at the  San Francisco international Asian American Film Festival (2012 SFIAAFF) on Wednesday, March 14, at the Castro theatre in San Francisco, California. 

CONTEST RULES:

1. Create your own audition song video and upload it to YouTube. You may submit a maximum of 2 songs, for the first round only.
(tag it Ukulelestar and CAAM. If you’re on Twitter, #Ukulelestar)
2. The song must be originally written by Jake himself.
3. Email the link to jakecontest [at] caamedia [dot] org with your name and phone number. All entries must be submitted by midnight on February 20, 2012.

The winner will be responsible for any transportation & hotel if necessary. However, travel support to the winner will be considered.

That’s it!  Our panel of esteemed judges will then select five finalists for the final round of voting and that is when we turn to you, the YouTube community, on February 20-26, to help us choose the winner!

CAAM will announce the winner on February 27, 2012

For more details: http://caamedia.org/blog/caam-events/2012/02/02/calling-all-wannabe-ukulele-stars/

 

On PerezHillton.com!

February 15, 2012

Check out Jake's ukulele versiion of ADELE's "Rolling In The Deep" on Perezhillton.com! Enjoy!

http://perezhilton.com/tv/Jake_Shimabukuro_Rolling_In_The_Deep

Jake’s video performances on Grammy’s website

February 13, 2012

You can watch some of Jake's Interview/Performance videos on the Grammy's website.  They have a few videos that you can view such as "143", "Bring Your Adz" and "Somewhere over the Rainbow"

To view video's visit: http://www.grammy.com/videos or http://www.youtube.com/TheGrammys

Peace Love Ukulele Transcription Book on Sale Now!

February 07, 2012

Today is the day! The Peace Love Ukulele Transcription Book is on sale now! Check out a music store near you or click on the picture below to get your copy. Happy Strumming.

SF International Asian American Film Festival on March 14

January 27, 2012

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival has officially announced the world premiere of the Jake Shimabukuro's documentary with his performance at the Castro Theater. For the tickets info, go to www.caamedia.org


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12 Day Video Countdown Day 1

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Let’s celebrate Jake’s first-ever transcription book by counting down to the release date! Starting January 26th, a video of Jake performing and talking about the songs will be posted. Make sure to check out here or Jake’s Facebook daily to countdown with us!

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